57 relations: Adultery, Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Alienation of affections, Ashley Madison, Betrayal, Casual dating, Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, Computer-mediated communication, Conflict of interest, Courtly love, Crime of passion, Dating, David P. Schmitt, Deception, Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, Extramarital sex, Family therapy, Fidelity, Gaslighting, Haijby affair, Hamilton–Reynolds affair, Harden–Eulenburg affair, Human sexuality, Infidelity, Integrity, Intimate relationship, Iris Robinson scandal, Jiddu Krishnamurti, John Edwards extramarital affair, Lavon Affair, Lie, Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti, Love triangle, Mark Sanford's disappearance and extramarital affair, Marriage, Munsinger Affair, Negotiation, Non-monogamy, On-again, off-again relationship, Open marriage, Passion (emotion), Polyamory, Polysexuality, Profumo affair, Romance (love), Romantic friendship, Scandal, Secrecy, Sexual intercourse, Significant other, ..., Spiegel affair, Swinging (sexual practice), Tess, The Makropulos Affair, Transparency (behavior), Trust (emotion), Vulnerability. Expand index (7 more) »
Adultery
Adultery (from Latin adulterium) is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.
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Affair of the Diamond Necklace
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was an incident in 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.
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Alienation of affections
Alienation of affections is a common law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions.
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Ashley Madison
Ashley Madison, or The Ashley Madison Agency, is a Canadian online dating service and social networking service marketed to people who are married or in relationships.
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Betrayal
Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations.
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Casual dating
Casual dating or a casual relationship is a physical and emotional relationship between two people who may have casual sex or a near-sexual relationship without necessarily demanding or expecting the extra commitments of a more formal romantic relationship.
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Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal was an American political sex scandal that involved 49-year-old President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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Computer-mediated communication
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.
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Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.
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Courtly love
Courtly love (or fin'amor in Occitan) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.
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Crime of passion
A crime of passion (French: crime passionnel), in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as sudden rage rather than as a premeditated crime.
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Dating
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship or marriage.
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David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt is a personality psychologist who founded the International Sexuality Description Project (ISDP).
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Deception
Deception is the act of propagating a belief that is not true, or is not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission).
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Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
On March 10, 2008, The New York Times reported that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized an elite escort service run by Emperors Club VIP.
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Extramarital sex
Extramarital sex occurs when a married person engages in sexual activity with someone other than his or her spouse.
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Family therapy
Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy, marriage and family therapy, family systems therapy, and family counseling, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development.
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Fidelity
Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty.
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Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity.
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Haijby affair
The Haijby affair was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s, involving the conviction and imprisonment of Kurt Haijby for blackmail of King Gustaf V.
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Hamilton–Reynolds affair
'''Alexander Hamilton''' The Hamilton–Reynolds affair involved Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton who had a one-year affair with Maria Reynolds, the wife of James Reynolds, which began in 1791 and occurred during the time of George Washington's presidency.
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Harden–Eulenburg affair
The Harden–Eulenburg affair, often simply Eulenburg affair, was the controversy surrounding a series of courts-martial and five civil trials regarding accusations of homosexual conduct, and accompanying libel trials, among prominent members of Kaiser Wilhelm II's cabinet and entourage during 1907–1909.
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Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.
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Infidelity
Infidelity (synonyms include: cheating, adultery (when married), netorare (NTR), being unfaithful, or having an affair) is a violation of a couple's assumed or stated contract regarding emotional and/or sexual exclusivity.
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Integrity
Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, or moral uprightness.
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Intimate relationship
An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy.
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Iris Robinson scandal
The Iris Robinson scandal, also known as Irisgate, was a political scandal in Northern Ireland involving Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti (11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was a philosopher, speaker and writer.
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John Edwards extramarital affair
John Edwards is a former United States Senator from North Carolina and a Democratic Party vice-presidential and presidential candidate who, in August 2008, admitted to having had an extramarital affair.
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Lavon Affair
The Lavon affair refers to a failed Israeli covert operation, code named Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the Summer of 1954.
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Lie
A lie is a statement used intentionally for the purpose of deception.
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Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti
is a1991 memoir by Radha Rajagopal Sloss (b.1931).
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Love triangle
A love triangle (also called a romantic love triangle or a romance triangle or an eternal triangle) is usually a romantic relationship involving three people.
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Mark Sanford's disappearance and extramarital affair
From June 18 until June 24, 2009, Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's whereabouts were unknown and there was media coverage of what was described as his disappearance.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).
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Munsinger Affair
The Munsinger Affair was Canada's first national political sex scandal.
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Negotiation
Negotiation comes from the Latin neg (no) and otsia (leisure) referring to businessmen who, unlike the patricians, had no leisure time in their industriousness; it held the meaning of business (le négoce in French) until the 17th century when it took on the diplomatic connotation as a dialogue between two or more people or parties intended to reach a beneficial outcome over one or more issues where a conflict exists with respect to at least one of these issues.
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Non-monogamy
Non-monogamy (or nonmonogamy) is an umbrella term for every practice or philosophy of intimate relationship that does not strictly hew to the standards of monogamy, particularly that of having only one person with whom to exchange sex, love, and affection.
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On-again, off-again relationship
An on-again, off-again relationship (otherwise known as an on-off relationship, on and off relationship, or similar) is a form of personal relationship between two people.
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Open marriage
Open marriage is a form of non-monogamy in which the partners of a dyadic marriage agree that each may engage in extramarital sexual relationships, without this being regarded by them as infidelity, and consider or establish an open relationship despite the implied monogamy of marriage.
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Passion (emotion)
Passion (Greek πασχω and late Latin (Christian theology) pati: "suffer") is a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something.
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Polyamory
Polyamory (from Greek πολύ poly, "many, several", and Latin amor, "love") is the ability or capacity to love more than one person at a time.
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Polysexuality
Polysexuality is sexual attraction to multiple, but not all, genders.
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Profumo affair
The Profumo affair was a British political scandal that originated with a brief sexual relationship in 1961 between John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, and Christine Keeler, a 19-year-old would-be model.
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Romance (love)
Romance is the expressive and generally pleasurable feeling from an emotional attraction towards another person.
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Romantic friendship
A romantic friendship or passionate friendship is a very close but typically non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that which is common in the contemporary Western societies.
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Scandal
A scandal can be broadly defined as an accusation or accusations that receive wide exposure.
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Secrecy
Secrecy (also called clandestinity or furtiveness) is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals.
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Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is principally the insertion and thrusting of the penis, usually when erect, into the vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.
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Significant other
Significant other (SO) colloquially used as a gender-neutral term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything about marital status, relationship status, or sexual orientation.
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Spiegel affair
The Spiegel affair of 1962 (Spiegel-Affäre) was a political scandal in West Germany.
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Swinging (sexual practice)
Swinging, sometimes called wife swapping, husband swapping or partner swapping, is a non-monogamous behavior in which both singles and partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others as a recreational or social activity.
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Tess
Tess may refer to.
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The Makropulos Affair
Věc Makropulos is a Czech play written by Karel Čapek.
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Transparency (behavior)
Transparency, as used in science, engineering, business, the humanities and in other social contexts, is operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed.
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Trust (emotion)
In a social context, trust has several connotations.
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Vulnerability
Vulnerability refers to the inability (of a system or a unit) to withstand the effects of a hostile environment.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair